Posts Tagged ‘John McCain’

Sarah Palin is an incorrigible flirt. For two years, she has teased us with the possibility of a presidential run. Back in May (when she dressed in black and joined a motorcycle rally) it felt like a ...
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While the UK focuses on conference season, one of the most pivotal political moments of the year is happening right now in the United States. Chris Christie, the Republican Governor of New Jersey, is ...
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Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey is not going to be elected president in 2012. It’s not because he’s too fat, though anyone who dismisses the physical demands of a White House race on a 20-st...
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Rick Perry is the flavour of the month in US politics. According to the latest Fox News Poll, the Texas governor is the first choice of 26 percent of GOP primary voters, with Mitt Romney behind him at...
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You might have noticed that there's quite a circus going on here in Washington. The White House has been warning of Armageddon if the debt ceiling isn't raised. Republicans are split. Some are chantin...
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America is turning inwards. After a decade characterised by the War on Terror (or “countering violent extremism”, if you prefer) there is a new isolationism taking root that is dangerous both for ...
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I've spent the day following Jon Huntsman from Liberty State Park in New Jersey to Exeter, New Hampshire and back again to the Garden State. Campaign launches are often instructive. I remember being t...
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The trove of more than 13,000 emails detailing almost every aspect of Sarah Palin’s governorship of Alaska, released late on Friday, paints a picture of her as an idealistic, conscientious, humorous...
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Does this screen grab from Fox 10 television in Phoenix, Arizona show Sarah Palin and her husband Todd at their new home in Scottsdale, Arizona? If so, it could mean that the former Alaska is going to...
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Looking at the throng of potential 2012 presidential candidates clamouring for activist adulation at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington last week, it was easy for Republ...
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